Barbara J. McArdle

Barbara "Barb" Jean (Kast) McArdle, peacefully passed away on November 13, 2022 at age 64 after a courageous and difficult battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) at home surrounded by her loving family. Born on June 5, 1958, Barbara is survived by her adoring husband of 45 years, John James McArdle; her loving children Christine (David Grigsby) Brown of Greenfield, WI, Jason (Ashley) McArdle of Willowbrook, IL, Karen (Andrew) Basalone of Woodridge, IL; and cherished grandchildren Aiden McArdle, Rebecca Brown and Daniel Brown along with many nieces and nephews, numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins, and her brothers and sister in laws. Barbara is preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Dorothy Kast. Barbara was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and daughter and she will be missed greatly by her family. Her beautiful smile, kind heart and positivity will be greatly missed. Barbara fought a good fight and showed tremendous strength in her fight against ALS, diagnosed in 2020. As ALS progressed in her body, so did her faith, strength, and passion for life. She loved her family, her pets, country music and lively instrumentals (Irish Folk and 2Cellos were her favorites), gardening and her favorite programs on HTVG and Animal Planet. Barbara and the family wish to thank the caring and compassionate staff from Lightways Hospice for their support in the last months of her life, her support at the Les Turner Foundation and her doctors at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago.

Visitation and celebration of life will be held from 4 to 8 p.m, Friday, November 18, 2022, at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 5015 Lincoln Ave in Lisle, IL. Interment service will be private. To continue Barbara's fight to find a cure, please consider a donation in her name to the Les Turner ALS Foundation at https://lesturnerals.org/